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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MAIDSTONE....AVXDNIESDAY, Auo. 2. The commission was opened yesterday by Mr. Justice Holroyd and Mr. Sergeant Onslow (instead of Baron Graham, who has been recently attacked with a severe fit of the gout.) Mr. Justice Hoiroyd shortly charged them, and called their attention to the state of the calendar, which, though numerous, did not, he was happy to see, contain many cases of an atrocious nature. _ The Grand Jury having returned into Court, found a number of bills; amongst them is one for forgery, against John Peels otherwise George Watson, merchant, whose exploits in this way have been so remarkably extensive, that,it is supposed he, has committed this offence in every county in the kingdom. He was shortly afterwards placed at the bar, and buying been arraigned in the usual form, he requested, ai hour and a half to consider what plea he should givo. Mr. Ju'stice Holroyd.—Certainly ; let him have time to consider: his plea. This prisoner was then removed, and was subsequently Owed at the bar, and indicted for having forged and ut"..ered, knowing it to be forged, a certain bill of exchange, '.mounting. to 37/. 11s. 6d., purporting to be drawn by Nathaniel Underwood, with intent to defiaud Thomas Beeching and others. [The transaction took place on the Ist of June last, at Tunbridge Wells ' and the particulars have been recently detailed m our police reports.] The prisoner.--I plead guilty. Mr. justice Holroyd.—lt is my duty to tell you, you must not expect your conduct, in thus pleading, will afford any ground for mercy being extended to you. if you wish any further time to consider your plea, you May do so. The prisoner.—l have considered it. lam guilty, and I said so from the first; nor do I expect any mercy to be shown to me on account of my plea of guilty. This was delivered in a firm tone, and the prisoner's conduct made a deep impression on the Court. Mr. Broderick, who was for the prosecution, said the prisoner's conduct had not proceeded from any communi cation with the prosecutors (the Society of Bankers for the Prosecution of Forgeries), but was solely the prisoner's own act. Mr. Justice Holroyd.—Let the plea be recorded. This being done, Mr. Justice Holroyd said, " Prisoner, are you aware there are other indictments charging you with the same offence ?" Prisoner—l am, my Lord; and lam equally guilty. He was thth arraigned upon a second indictment, charg ing him with forging, and uttering as true, a bill of ex ehange,, purporting to be drawn by Alexander and James Lidttie, for 3.5/., with intent to defraud Mr. John Steward. 'Mr. Justice Holroyd humanely said," Though this may be too late, yet I wish to know, do you understand you are pleading guilty to a charge which affects your life ?" Prisoner.---I do. Mr. Justice Holroyd(after consulting with the Clerk of the Assize). —You may take time until to-morrow morning to consider your plea. Prisoner—No, my Lord, Ido not wish it. I have made up my mind. Mr. Justice Holroyd.—With a thorough knowledge that your pleading guilty cannot be the slightest reason for affording you mercy Prisoner (dejected.)—Yes, my Lord, with that thorough knowledge. A death-like silence pervaded the Court. After a few minutes, Mr. Justice Holroyd declined passing sentence, and . the prisoner was removed from the bar. ,The prisoner's self-possession did not desert him through out this appalling situation. It was rumoured throughout the Court that he would stand his trial, though he had, since his apprehension, determined on the line of conduct which he this day pursued, and the postponement which he requested itithe early part of the day, gave a kind of v!onfirmation to the report. That, however, did not pro ceed from any thing like hesitation, as it was solely salted to enable him to execute a conveyance, which had been in preparation, of some property, the fruits of his plunder, in favour of an unfortunate female whom he seduced from her,friends, and who Was for the last two years his asso ciate in the daring schemes by which he levied contribu tions upon the public • arid thus, by a strange anomaly in our criminal code, whilst the personal chattels of the cri minal are pronotmced forfeited, he is still allowed to exe cuts deeds by which landed property to any extent may be conveyed, if executed previous to arraignment and con viction. We understand that the prisoner is from the neighbourhood of Cockermouth, and is most respectably connected there. He was employed as a commercial tra veller for many years by a first-rate , house, and having be come a defaulter to them about seven years ago, he ab sconded, and has ever since pursued the course which has led him to his fate. He is stated in the calendar to be only 38 years of age, and appeared at the bar plainly dressed in a blue sailor-like jacket, and drab kerseymere pantaloons. NEWCASTLE, MoNDAY, JULY 31 . The Assizes for this city and Northumberland termi nated on Saturday night, and some desire wan manifested by the Mayor and Corporation as to whether the sentence of the law would be carried into effect upon any of the prisoners, more particularly on Bambrough, for forgery. The cause of this anxiety is, that there is an ancient cus tom of this corporate city, in the event, upon the depar-. tore of the Judges of Assize, of no prisoners being left for execution, to present them with a half dozen pair of gloves each, with also two pairs to each of the Judge's' officers and attendants. Late last night a conference was held by the Judges, at Mr. Baron Bullock's . lodgings ; during the continuance of which, it Was said, a point in • the case was discovered, which would Warrant the exteu-. sion of mercy to Bambrough ; therefore, an order was sent to the Mayor and Corporation, and to the keeper of the, city gaol, upon the subject , and at eleven o'clock last night the customary present of gloves was received by their Lordships, who this forenoon left for Carlisle.— ince the condemnation of 13ambrough, on Saturday evening, he had given himself up entirely to despair. yesterday he seemeaunable to speak or rise from his bed, and declined all nourishment. Ile was frequently heard to say yesterday, " Oh that I, who have lived so respec tably in my native place, should be hung there at last !" This morning it was thought necessary to inform him, that at present there was no fear of the sentence being car ried into effect upon him,and he has become more tranquil. CARLISLE', Tuzsmkr, AIM. I. GOWN SIDZ. ee..*Rlt ilannah Grave, a prepoikeseing y o f dieted for privately stealing in a - dwel l' Ig o r a.e, WaS in" tity of lace, & e. the property of Mrs. ;g " 5 e a tan- Margaret Nicholson, of Cockermouth, in this eounty. The facts being proved in evidence, The Jury said, they did not believe-the facts had been proved in evidence. Mr. Justice Park (warmly).—Why so, gentlemen ? Juror.—Beeause the prosecutrix did no see her staid the lace ! Mr. Justice Park.—Did you ever see a man Comm i t a robbery ? If so, it is not very common., Or did you ever see a murder committed These cases are generally proved by circum stances alone. Sir, iour op niott y o u are trot fit to be a juror. In t his case the law has ' done all that is required ; the prosecutrix has pr ove d the property found in the prisoner's box to be her's—now, what more i ts required ? The jury then consulted, and at length said, they fou n d the prisoner guilty of having the lace in her possession. Judge.—That won't do. I can't take that verdict. Foreman.—Well, then ; guilty altogether. The verdict of Guilty was then recorded, and the pri- Enter, after anladmonition, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, and be kept to hard labour. Richard Batl'ehofohn Thompson, and Mary Cooke, were indicted for a highway robbery, committed by them upon the person of John M'Master, at three o'clock, on the morning of the 18th of March last. In giving this evidence, and on his cross-examination, the prosecutor spoke so much of not stretching his con science, that - Mr. Justice Park at last remarked that he often. thought those people who talked the least about their consciences minded them the most. The prosecutor swore that a man named Stuart, who he had been in com pany with was very drunk, but that he himself was per fectly sober. Stuart, on being examined, varied a little from M'Mas ter's statement; and, from his testimony, it hardly seemed possible that the prosecutor could have been quite sober. A boy named Reed, who had been brought' up by Ha beas Corpus from the, city gaol, behaved with great impu dence. He swore that he was present on the morning in question, and saw the prosecutor beaten by the two male prisoners, and that afterwards the female prisoner told him to call upon her the next day at two o'clock, but that he called at eight in the morning,'when she showed him a silver watch, and told him that he might do . what he pleased with it; that this watch afterwards proved to be the prosecutor's awl that when the constable came to him (Reed), an d asked whether he had such a watch, he said, yes, and gave it up at once. When Reed was cross examined by Mr. D. F. Jones, he used every effort to elude the questions. He was finally compelled to answer, and then it appeared that he had been four times confined for stealing watches—three times in this county, and once in Northumberland. On being questioned by the Judge, he said the robbery took place about three in the morning. He could not give any particular reason for being out at that hour. The prisoners severally denied the crime With which they were charged. Mr. Justice Park having summed up the evidence, told the Jury that they must be assisted in determining this case, by observing the manlier in which the witnesses that had been examined had given their testimony. If (as he feared was the case) they saw no reason to believe that Reed, seeing the prosecutor and his companion much affected with liquor, had followed them, till the disturb ance made by Stuart at the prisoners' house had offered him an opportunity to commit the robbery, they would acquit the prisoners. If, on the other hand, they thought they could rely on the prosecutor's statement, they would give a verdict of guilty. The Jury deliberated for about five minutes, and then acquitted the prisoners. MONMOUTH, W - EDNESDAY, AUG. 2. ' CROWN SIDE. Mr. J. Morgan, one of the proprietors and the conduc ing manager of the Gas Works at Newport, in this county,. was indicted for an assault with intent to commit a rape upon Martha Reece, a smart-looking girl, 16 years of age, who was a neighbour's servant, in the habit of going to Mr. Morgan's premises to purchase coke for her mistress. Mr. Russell stated the case for the prosecution, as it was detailed in the following evidence : The prosecutrix was examined at considerable length,' and her evidence was, that her mistress had sent her to . buy a basket of coke at Mr. Morgan's store-yard; that Mr. Morgan had taken her into his store, and there made the assault which was described in the indictment. She, ;however, succeeded in preventing his intention, but never theless remained for the coke, took it from Mr. Morgan, borrowed one of his baskets, and carried it back again the same evening to the yard. She never left the premises smirking and laughing, or spoke to Mr. Morgan when she returned the basket. She complained to her mistress on the same evening, but never went before a magistrate, her father being told that it was better to keep the case for the assizes. The next witness was Dinah Roberts, who stated that the prosecutrix had been her servant in her shop at New port. She remembered sending her for some coke to Mr. Morgan's ; and also, that when she returned, she was in very low spirits. and in about an hour she went into a strong fit, and it required the aid of several persons to hold her. She had lived with witness four years, and never been in fits before. Charles Reece, the father of the prosecutrix ' said, that soon after this business, he was accosted by the defendant, who said, " Reece, I understand you are much annoyed at what passed between your daughter and me. Why,' I have only kissed her." Witness answered, " You have not only done that, but nearly killed her."' " Well," said Morgan, " I shall give her a pound." Witness walked away. In his cross-examination he said, that his daughter never went before a Magistrate at Newport about this matter, because that was the advice of Mr. Smith, the attorney, who desired them to keep it for the assizes. Witness, such had been his worse luck, was certainly a plaintiff , in a Court of Justice in an action of trim. con. about his pre sent wife, with whom, however, he had since resumed co habitation. Mr. 'Phillips addressed the Jury for the defendant, and enlarged upon the character of the family of the prosecu trix, and the singular conduct of the girl herself, who never went before a magistrate, and this was said to have been according to the advice of Mr. Smith, the attorney. (Mr. Smith, who sat behind Mr. Phillips, here interrupted him, and said, that such had been his advice, and he was ready to avow it.) Mr. Phillips here said, that if Mr: Smith had acted in such a manner, he had not only violated his duty, but pronounced a libel upon the magistracy of New port, for it implied their corruption ; the first impulse of injury was complaint, and an attorney alive to the interests of his client, would have instantly recommended inquiry before a justice, for the better assurance that the offender should not escape. IfF,FENCE. Benjamin Mills, who belonged to the estahlishment the Newport Gas Works, : 01 which Mr. Morgan was a partner and superintendent, proved that the windows of the retort-house were open at the time in question, so. that any voice within could be easily heard without. William Davis knew Martha Reece, and saw her in Mr 4 Morgan's gas works on the 25th of January last, at a little after four o'clock in the evening. She could not have been longer on the premises than five or ten minutes. She came in without a basket, and went out with one fin, coke upon her head, without the least appearance of dis. order upon her dress. Instead of crying, she was laugh. ing, and witness said, " Martha, you are merry this evening. Elizabeth Davis also knew the prosecutrix, who told her a few days after she said the thing happened, that if she did not get a few pounds from Mr. Morgan, she would hang him. The Mayor and Coroner of Newport, the High Sheriff of the, county of Monmouth, and several other persons of consideration, gave Mr. Morgan the highest character for general purity'.of conduct. Mr. Russell, for the prosecution,' replied to evidence. Mr. Justice Burrough said, that in cases of this nature it behoved juries to watch very closely the evidence of the prosecutrix, for upon that chiefly depended the ground work of their verdict. He then summed up the whole of the evidence, and the jury, ion, acquitted the prisoner. after's' few minutes' consults,- CIVIL SIDE. Mr. Baron (,farrow was engaged in hearing civil ousel during the day, which were entirely devoid of general in. terest, and the business of this Court Wall also finished. IRELAND. CORK, Jutor 28. Patrick &ninon, a lad about 18 years of age, wu indicted for having reaivexi stolen goods—namely, four butter firkins, the property of Messrs Last y , of Cork. The prosecutors wer e p er-. sons extensively engaged in trade. The p r i s oner was in th eir em ployment. It was found th at upwards of SOO butter firkins were taken out of the stores. Daniel Lane.—. Witness knows the prisoner at the bar. Wit ness and the prisoner were in the en pl o ym e os o f Messrs. Leatry. The prisoner proposed to witness to let him have some butter fir kins, which he observed might be easily sold, and they could set tle as to the money. Witness was at length, after much pressing, I"E' veiled upon to give over to the prisoner slnumber of the butter fir kin', and witness accordingly left the firkins in a certain place, for the prisoner, as it was previously arranged between them. (Here four firkins wer e produced by a woman, to whom they were sold by the prisoner ; but the clerk to Messrs. Leatry was not able to identify the firkins.) They were like those in the stores, but it was, he conceived, impossible to swear to them. Daniel Lane, cross-examined by Mr. Howmto —How long have you been robbing your master ?----Not long. Have you not been robbing him these six months ?--.No, in deed you wrong me. How long have you been robbing him ?—I have only been rob bing him for one month.—(A laugh.) i How long have your family been robbing him ?—Family ! I can't answer for family; for some of them, perhaps, are not cor rect people.—(A laugh.) Indeed it is very likely. Now tell me where did you come from ? —I came from the county of Linteriek. Thank God we have nothing to. do with you.—(A laugh.) Now don't you think you ought to he in the dock instead of being on the table ?--.Wittiess (who evidently did not understand the question, rather he in the dock ?)—Upon my oath I would not wish to be in the (lock no more than you would.—(A laugh.) Understand me, Sir ; upon your oath, don't you deserve to be in the dock ?-011 ! that's quite another thing.—(A laugh.) Did you not go snacks in the robbery ?—Snacks ! whit's that? —(A laugh.) Come, were you not concerned in the robbery ?—1 have told you all about it. I said that I was implicated, and I'll say no thing more to injure my character.—(A laugh.) Will you please to tell me where you come from came from the City Bridewell. How long have you been in the City Bridewell?--I haver been there from the 16th of May.. You have been there for your good behaviour?--No, but for the firkins. —(A laugh.) You have been there with thieves and with robbers, fit com panions for so sweet a bird ?—I was in Bridewell ; but how could I help it ? Sure 1 would not stay there if they let me out !—(A laugh.) Why do you prosecute the prisoner? Is it not to save your self ?—No. You swear that ?.—.Yee.—No, Pray which is it—yes or no ?—Whichever you please. How were you first found out to be a robber ?-1 was found out by informations. Did you swear informations ?—I did. Now did you not think you would have been hanged ?—I can not say. I aui no lawyer, and can't swear as to the hanging mat ters.—(A laugh.) • • Do you think you deserve to be hanged?—No. Not deserve to be hanged ! Will you persist in saying, upon your oath, that you don't deserve to be hanged ?—I don't think I de serve to be hanged entirely.—(Laughter.) You don't deserve to be hanged entirely —you only deserve to be half hanged ?--(A laugh.)—No answer. Oh ! then, it is yourself that deserves to be hanged elegantly —(A laugh.)—Go down off that table—the dock is your proper place. The Jury acquitted the prisoner for want of evidence, and he was immediately discharged. IRELAND. (IXTRACT OF A ritivaTe MMUS.) " DUBLIN, MONDAY NIGHT, JULY 31 " It would be difficult to describe the state of confusion in which this city has been for the last ten days. The workmen, with scarcely any exception, have taken advantage of the change of currency to demand an increase of wages ; that is, the difference between Irish and English money. They made a similar attempt in January last, when the Act for the assimilation of the currency first came into Operation ; the employers firmly resisted, and the workmen soon relinquished the demand. Every thing Was going on as before, until the last proclamation, which raised the Irish copper coin to the same value with the English. The workmen could then get but ltd. for the shilling, instead of 13d. as formerly, while they found that the petty dealers charged them the same nominal price for every thing, with this increased value of the copper coin. . The people could not, or would not, understand the actual change that had taken place; they consi dered the silver coin to be reduced in value, and that they had a right to, have the difference made up to them. These are the alleged grounds upon which they profess to stand out ; but the real object is, to him' themselves close together, and. to enlist greater numbers in that. 'slaw» 64 combination which has al. ready proved so destructive to the trade of this country. They consider the time favourable to obtain an increase of wages ; and if they effect their object, they will compel the dealers to act fairly by them. if the employers were to stand out firmly, they would overcome the present combination. The public voice is with them ; justice is with them ; and the civil powers are de termined to give them every assistance. But there is too much jealousy—too much petty rivalry--among the employers to carry this, or any other point, in which their general interests are con cerned. Several of them have already acceded to the demands of their workmen, and their example has stimulated the great body of ths people to resistance. Bodies of them, more or less in num ber, have continued to assemble every day in the Phoenix Park; very few acts of outrage have been committed ; but this is more attributable to the activity of the police, than to the good disposi tion of the people. lam strongly inclined to think, that much mischief is brewing at these meetings, and it would seem that the Government was not too confident of the peace of Dublin, as an additional regiment of infantry has been added to the garrison. Should the workmen ultimately succeed in obtaining their demand, it will ultimately have the effect of adding 8 1-3 per cent. to the price of every article manufactured in Ireland ; an increase, which will give a decided advantage to the English manufacturer in many articles. I will instance one—paper. At present, paper can be brought from England at somewhat less cost than it can be purchased here, but the difference is so trifling, that the greater convenience of procuring it on the spot, overbalances the difference of price. But if 8 per cent. be added to the present price of Irish paper, there will be an end to the manufacture. The same might be said of many other articles, particularly the woollen and cotton manufactures. "While these thoughtless men are thus demanding an increase of wages, there are nearly 2,000 weavers almost in a state of star vation, and who would be glad to work for any wages that might be offered them. The fund subscribed for their relief, which has been rather injudiciously applied, will be exhausted in a day or two more, and there is scarcely a chance of a new subscription. What will be the fate of these unfortunate men, who, with their families, amount to a population of 8,000 souls,. it is difficult to say. They have already began to threaten violent proceedings; .in a memorial they presented a few days back to the Relief Com mittee, allusions were inade-to the year 1798, which too plainly 'hewed the workings of a bad spirit. The approacliing_Winter is certainly one much to be dreaded in Ireland ; for, great a/ the distress is in the capital, it is still greater through Out Con ' naught and Munster." of PRICES OF STOCKS Tlll2 Bank Stock 202 3 per Cent. Rect. 19 3 per Cent. Cons 78 %14 3 . 11, per Cent. Ditto Red. i 35 6% 4 per Cent. New .93 Ditto Scrip ' pm. Bank Long Ann. l2 3-16 5-16 India Stock .M 0 34 1 Ditto Bonds .25 24 26 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN F 1 Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent Brazilian Bond s au% Buenos Ayres Bonds 5 ,154 Chilien Bonds, 6 per ct. Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1624 lss, Danish, 3 per Greek Bonds cent. .571454 Ditto, 1925.., 12 Guahmala Mexican Bonds 47 Do. 189.5 53% 2 1 4 4 21,,i THE WORKMEN.-CURRENCY. Several hundreds of the workmen assembled in the Phoenix Park yeaterdayi they conducted themselves quietly, and on the remonstrance of Alderman Archer, who attended with a strong party of police, they dispersed peaceably. While the Magistrates of Henry-street office were engaged yesterday morning in hearing a case, Counsellor Perrin ran into the office, to inform them that murder was committing in Granby- row , where a party of men were in humanly beating anoth er . A number of the Police were instantly dispatched to the place, but on their arrival, they could see nothing of the alieed offenders, nor the object of the resentment of these ruthanc In about an hour afterwards, another gentleman came to the office, and reported that there was a riot on Summer hill, where a party had v iolently attacked the men who were drawing down Mr. Russell's carriages to the4ard. The uin Police th a former were immediately sent out in the direction, b u t, in they could discover no trac e o f the wailers or assailed. Thousands of wretches, whom one with verylittle effort a of imagination might m is t ak e , for resuscitated -skeletons,re to be seen f rom morn i ng u ntil night seated on t h e fl ags of our each other with th at vacant acid bespeaks the extinction of desponding publicatree look ts'g az w i h i lc which almost every hope.—Kilkenny hdePendent. As the dist ress h as f a ll en with increased severity on the poor of Carrickbeg, who are principally tradesmen, a Committee to collect subscriptions has been formed there • for some t ime. Ily the returns of this Committee, it sl 3 pears, that among the population of Carrickbeg, contain ing about 4,000 peopl e , t h e re are 163 families, consisting of about 7&) individuals, destitute of employment, with out food or money to procure it.—Clonmell Advertiser. PRICES OF SHARES ErAailian Mining Company Castel! and Espirito Santo Brad General Mining Association rest Westminster Dairy Comi PRICE OF IRISH Bank Stock .127 Gov. Stock, 314 per cent..., 84% Ditto, New , B4 4 per Cent. Ncw J 2 Ti t 3 Gov. Dcb. 314 per cent 14144 Consols, 3 per cent Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent. Ballast Office Deb. 4 per cent. Arrived. Due. 1 Dublin 1 Waterford 0 O Guenisey Sr Jersey 0 O Lisbon 2 0 - Oottenburgh 0 O Harnburgh 0 1 Holland 0 1 France Arrived. Due. 1 Flanders I) O Jamaica 0 O Leeward Islands O Malta 0 O America I O Brasil I O Buenos Ayres NIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning llminutes after 3. I Evening 28 minutes after 3. tbt Snit. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1526. French Papers of Tuesday, and the Etoile of Wednesday, reached us last night, but their contents are destitute of interest. The Journal des Debats repeats the old story of a fresh insurrection of the Janissaries and the burning of Constantinople, adding that the communication with that City is stopped; while the Etoile not only ridicules the former statement, but proves the falsehood of the latter by asserting that letters of the 3d ult. have been received at Paris from Constantinople. If this, however, is the case, it is a little remarkable that their contents are not given by these Papers. The French Funds continue to rise daily. The following is the only article from Spain in these Papers of political interest, but it is elsewhere stated that an epidemic disorder, resembling in its symptoms the yellow fever, had broken out at Seville. (PROM A PRIVATE LEsturtm.) MADRID, JULY 20.—The Councillors Customs and Apodaca are the only Members of the Council of State, who have shown any moderation in the deliberation on the events in Lisbon. Councillors Elisalde and Erro have proposed the most violent measures ; they assert that the safety of Spain requires the prompt re-establishment of the Inquisition, Military Commissions, the immediate impri sonment of all the Liberals, and the dispatching, without ' delay. en muse, of all the Royalist Volunteers t o the frontiers of Portugal. A rumour was circulated since morning, that a military conspiracy, on the same side as that of Bessieres, but much more formidable, had broken out at Valencia ; and, to judge from the movements in the office of the ,Intendant- General of Police, the rumour would appear to be well founded. They talk also of the arrival of the Queen of Portugal in Spain. All the partisans of that Princess confidently say, she will be here in the course of next month. A private letter from Toulon, of the '22d July, says:— Yesterday evening, his Majesty's Goeletta Estafette dispatched from the Levant . by Admiral Rigny , arrived here, after a voyage of five-and-twenty days. She brings General Roche, agent of the Greek Committee in France, and the two brothers Vitalis, the same who attempted to land at Marseilles three months ago, and who were refused e ntrance into that port. The Ga barre Lamproie, Capt. Hamelin, sailed, to-day, for the Levant. Piticont FuNos.—P.tais, Auo. 2.---Five_ per Cents, 100 f. 80e. ; Three per Cents. 66f. 25e. ; Rentea de Naples, 72f. 75e. ; Exchange on London, One Month, 25f. 65c. ; Three Months, 25i. 50e. The St. Petersburgh Journals to the 18th ult. in clusive, reached us last night. Their contents relate principally to the festivities which took place in cele bration of the Birth-day of the EMPRESS on the 13th, and to preparations for. the Coronation of the EM• molt, which is to take place in the course of the preient month at Moscow, to which City, the Civil Governors, Mayors of the chief towns, &c.'are ordered to proceed-by the Ist instant. , Tho EMPEROR has addressed the following rescript to the Minister of War, expressing his approbation and thanks for his services as President of the recent Commission of Enquiry, and . another to Rear-Admiral KRUSENS• TERN, appointing him Knight Grand Cross of St. Wladimer, second class, in consideration of his good services, and of his • Hydrographical Works : , JULY 17. rtzserill"rs OF Till IMPUOR TO THE MINISTER. OF WAR. The activity and indefatigable zeal which you have shown as President of the Commission of lnqtury ; the wisdom and the success with which the Commission has terminated its labours; the result of which has perfectly answered every expectation have inspired me with entire gratitude; and it i s w ith p leasure that I express these sentiments towards you. desire you to testify also to all the Members of the Commission in general, and to each of them in particular, my perfect satisfaction with the zeal with which they have performed the especial functions confided, to them. By thus completely justifying my choice and my confidence, they have acquired imperiaTiable claims to my gratitude and that of the country. " I am, your affectionate , (Signed) " NICHOLAS.' Zarskojeselo, 25th June (7th July), 182 cs We have received this morning the Aagenteine Zeitung of the 28th of July, which is p r i nc i pa ll y filled with commercial matters, but which may be of some interest to many of our readers : we, therefore, give t h e following extracts. We regret to observe, that the negotiations at Stutgard for commercial ar. ng mentshrtbeir objec t. weentheW Weston States of Germany, rhaasve failed of MATIOICX, JULY 21. The Netherlands' Company, Which ire in possession of large funds, instead of taking advantage of the opportunities that pre. sal t e d themselves, entered into the most hazardous speculations, and even attempted to produce ar tifi c i a l con j un ctions; it is said to have lately sustained very great l osses This assertion is con firmed by the fact, that at this moment , when the price. of coffee DAY AT ONZ O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock — Old Annuities l9 New Ditto — Ex. Bills, ,gl,OOO 2d. 18 20 pm. Ditto 5OO 2d. 18 20 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Advertised Bank for Account . — India for Account — Cone. for Account 78% 9% 9 'NDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1824 Peruvian Bonds 27 Portuguese Bonds B2 Prussian, 8 per cent. Ditto, New — Russian, New, 3 pet cent. 83% Spanish, 1821 i lO It ---- 1823 14.4 a .... French Renter. b p. a —f. --e. --Exchange —c. —.-3 per cent.. —1 —c. --- Exchange —l. —c. AT ONE &CLOCK.. Paid. Per Sha /15 34% St re. it Ditto .. 5 3 5 ; an y 6 ii TOCKS, AUG. 1. St. Patrick Insurance 6 dis. Royal Irish Ditto — National Ditto — Patriotic Ditto — Hibernian Bank — Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine IN dis. Imperial Mine — Fish Shares — 1 New Brighton are lower than they have been tt`r dim* ten Putt tbi N elb.rd ' lands' Company has advertised for the if.lth July, aside at Antwerp of 6770 bales of Java coffee, 6980 of Brest , ' 1419 of Domingo, • and 1107 of La Gnayra ; and for the Bth August another sale at Rotterdam of 10,697 bales of Java and SO casks of St. Jago coffee.* The shares of the Company, too, have considerably decline d in value, being at present at 78. It is affirmed that they h av e beett offered for delivery at the begi nnin g of next year that '7O, (at the beginning of last year they were at 106). A very !Viking enn '' ladial trait to this Company is affor ded b y the Rhenish Wait Company, whose shares hare retained the full vslue during the most critical period. of the late commercial distress, and bear now a premium of 6 per cent., and which lately paid a dividerd of 2 per cent. Other commercial companies established in Northern • Germany afford equally satisfacim results. If , therefore, the Netherlands' Company, notwithstantliM the advantag:am I re, of Holland, and its capital of thirty millions of florins does not prosper, the unfavourable state of its . affairs appears to lee thiek attributable td the want of knowledge, of the nature and }` rte state of commerce, which now prevails in ,Holland' which con ntry having been reduced to inactivity during - the long wars, a nd its union with France, had not advance d wit,' the progress of cont. merce, and has not become acquainted and lioniliar with the neve commercial cities of Holland, that almost course that it has taken. It has accordingly been nbse rvEl in the houses are declining, while the new onew chiefly formed by strangers, go on prosperously. That the oP e „ fnljeded „ on restriction and monopoly, which the Witco and consequently rests on false principles, is evident front went follows, is not adapted to the actual state Of krg" a ll the old established t he deelie . e of the Dutch Colonies, and of the once flourishing trade. A Memorial of M. F. Muller, Agent of the Gert'ese hed mercial Association at Darmstadt, wich has just been pug . * t communicates the unwelcome intelligence, that the tiegectetin ni Stutgard, the object of which was to make a commercial tonnes gy m tion between the Western German States, have been interruPt ed • E a& t Incha and that there is no hope that the highly desirable result wit so°n be attained. It would be, however, an imputation on the wisdom' of Our Government to suppo se that the intended union wilV never dic be accomplished in spite of all the di ffi culties and prejue, that stand in the way of it. Thi s is the more probable since, as At Muller assures us, the part i e s at Stut g ard have agreed on thr main poiuts, and the difficulties arose have secondary interest' ; but surely the most important concern of Western Germany can. not be made subordinete to them at the expenee of the proaperitY of many millions of subjects. The (probably unfounded) reportt of contagion', fever having broken out at Heidelberg , ha s induced many atudenta to leave ttinghe University. Those sons of the muses art now pet:ambula the countries on the Rhine , where the y excite no little sstoniati Or'4'," went among the inhabitants , by their ancient and modern dresses, and oriental costume. • We know from the Antwerp Journal that the society drew almost the whole of the coffee on the day of sale, on a ccount of the probability of a rise, and thus disappointed great num bers of buyers, who had resorted to Antwerp on the ocasiou.--- Various letters have been published, blaming or defending the conduct of the society, and doubts are expressed, whether the s h e at Rotterdam it; likely to be well attended. f This report has been gener all y contradicted by the Magi ,. trates of Hiedelburg. Mexican Papers to the 18th of May have belt received ; but they do ho t contain any info rma tion. Letters have been received a t Bordeaux, 'to the 16th of March ; but they do not bring any ittfrmati°ll from our armies. Letters received this morning from ftolland. state, that the Dutch Bank has no t only given tiot.lee to discount at 3} per Cent. , but will advance on Poblic Securities at 4 per Cent. Letters received from Calcutta of the 16th Marc" state, that no Indigo remained in the Market inferior quality, and that the price of fine quality w'' nominally 260 to '270 rupees. °" According to the advices received from the inieli it is supposed, that the crops of 1826, will be but OW" tiling, and will not be half that of 1825 ; the stied 4 sown in many places in October having totally failkith in, consequence of the cold, &c. but or ~~~ It appears by accounts from Dublin, which 40 114 found in another column, that considerable confusio" continues to exist in that city, in consequence 4)f t he encreased rate of wages demanded by the "' k ing classes, from the change in the value of the coPP er currency of Ireland. The people appear not t o h ay ' understood the actual change which had taken 01' but finding that they can only get I2d. for their sh' ling, instead of 18d. as formerly, and- that the FOY dealers charge them the same nominal price for 0 4 article as before this additional value was give n to titer copper coin, they have combined together, for the pose of obtaining an encrease of wages, proportiolote to what they consider that they have lost by thin causes. Considerable bodies of these peoP le hs , 6 , assembled every day in the Phoenix Park ; bu t ve il• few acts of outrage leave been committed. 14'see is, however, said to be brewing at these nieetings. in- It really appears to us, that the people, in this stance, are not without some cause of complaint. 1; Proclamation, changing the value of the c o pp er o e°l current in Ireland, has virtually had the effec t ; e t : ducing their means of purchasing those article s usoi y paid for in pence and halfpence, about eight plot ce!' in consequence of the price of those articles hallng fallen in a corresponding degree. For instance, a man who received 2s. a day, $ exchanged those two shillings for copper, r eceive d 2 01 . pence. He laid out part of this in the purchase half a pound of soap, for which he paid 4(1., th at 4-26th parts of his day's earnings. He is still oh3,tly 4d. for the same quantity of soap, and consequelio pays 4-24th parts of his earnings, and, therefore,lle,c4, lea means remaining to procure the other necessary for his subsistence. It is no doubt with ficult, and perhaps dangerous, to interfere cosi dealers, for the purpose of re ulating the P h r ;ve of their commodities, but if g the dole' : to i c m om pr p o o p i e le r ou ly or av ii ai ld le u d ced th t e o m ac sel t ve i : st ;:if y this °cosi ,( obtain larger profits on small articles, and cial" the ir prices, we see no help for submitting rtcrttihiegitclile)gi:,i'dt!! of the workmen. This will again act most r e, r ice cially to Ireland generally, as it will add to t P A of every article manufactured in that conon er fe , case therefore seems made' out to justify th e ' l 'd the rence of the authorities between the people In 'dealers. slo th. We are sorry to observe that Ireland I s, , 1 scene of distress, from the number of uneroPle, sons from other causes. It is stated that ti3e-e,tioo nearly 2,000 weavers almost in a stat e of atiorgs the in Duhlin, from want of work ; that g reat hau l distress is in that capital, it is still greater throng Connaught and Munster. The scarcity of Vegetables in different P r " 116 Kingdom, in consequence of the extraordinarY dr ° l is greater than has been known for many y b ears, it t o some neighbourhoods it is absolutely impobli procure them at any price. atv , butt The early Potatoe crop has been very 11 00.- / - 1 t hat until these few days, great hopes were entertni ne ` ro of the late crop would prove abundant. Tho re it ' t hii dry weather, attended with such eicessive heat 1 4 ..10 ver, w e m critical time for the Potatoes, has, howe. ILS.